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Menelaus was a king of Sparta. According to legend, the Trojan War began as a result of Menelaus's wife, Helen, fleeing to Troy with the Trojan prince Paris.[1][2]

Menelaus was a central figure in the Trojan War, leading the Spartan contingent of the Greek army, under his elder brother Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the entire joint Greek army.[2]


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  • This character or object is an adaptation of Menelaus, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
  • Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.

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